King Khalid Military City

The King Khalid Military City is a special city of Saudi Arabia completed in 1987 that was built with the goal of housing 65,000 Saudi troops. Named for King Khalid I of Saudi Arabia, the city provided lodging not only for Royal Saudi Army troops, but also for United States soldiers during the Gulf War, and the city used to have an American city within it during the 1990s. Today, it is one of the largest military bases in the world, being specially-designed as a base for several Saudi brigades.